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Paffett says new F1 super license system is flawed
Formula One's new points-based super license system for 2016 is flawed and needs a rethink, according to former McLaren test driver and 2005 German Touring Car (DTM) champion Gary Paffett.
The 33-year-old Briton told Reuters at the Autosport International show on Saturday that the governing FIA was wrong to ignore the DTM in a list of recognized feeder series.
The FIA has announced that from next year new applicants must be over 18 and to have acquired at least 40 qualifying points from other series in the last three years to obtain the mandatory license.
The move would, if applied this year, have kept out Toro Rosso's 17-year-old Dutch rookie Max Verstappen and others with limited...
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